The churches and community of Abelines celebrated the completion of the expansion of their clinic facilities recently. Representatives from five different churches as well as the mayor's office and local police force were present to give their blessings to a building which is almost five times as big as the original one room clinic. The church and community take much pride in these facilities as it is an initiative which they have all been behind over the past five years. The new facilities include an expanded space for seeing patients on a regular basis, two lodging rooms for visiting medical teams or others to stay, as well as a large common area for community meetings and health committee training seminars.
Pastor Miguel Duran from Las Delicias and Pastor Marco Melara from San Jose El Naranjo (other ENLACE partner churches) also made the long trek to Abelines for the first time in order to celebrate with Pastor Victorio. In addition, the three pastors took the opportunity to meet with ENLACE's church and community advisors to iron out their strategic plans in their communities for the upcoming years.
Please take a minute to view the photos from the inauguration day by clicking on the image below.
pastors victorio, marco and miguel in abelines
